Car-replacer.



L. McENTYI KE;

CAR REPLACER.

APPUCATION FILED AUG.|9, I914- I 1,142,340. Patented June 8, 1915.

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To all wit-om it may concern: Be it known that E, Lav; MCEN'LYRL, citi-Zen of the United States, residing at Cayuga,

in the county of Vermilion and State of Indiana, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following isa specification.

My invention. relates to new and useful improvements in car replacers orrerailers, and its principal object aims to provide a rerailiu apparatusconsisting in a pair of replacers which are positioned on opposite sidesor the rails and are adapted to deflect car wheels irom an abnormal pathback onto the rails.

A further and more specific object ofmy invention is to equip thereplacers each with a 1; vol form of. cam holding lever which is soconstructed that it may be reversed end for end for properly locking thereplacers against movement on the rails, regardless of the direction inwhich the car wheels are moving.

An additional object of my invention is to construct the replacers andholding devices vith such regard to proportion, number and arrangementof parts that thcv'may be cheaply manufactured, will be durable andefiicient in service, and are adapted for speedy and convenientapplication to or removal from the rails witl=r a minimum e penditure oftime and labor.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated thepreferred embodiment of this invention as it is reduced to practice, andthroughout the several views of which similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating a pair of replacers in operative assembled relation to apair of track rails; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a transversesection taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4- is an elevation of therear face of one of the replacers, illustrating in detail the anchorhooks which are employed in securing the blocks to the ties or sleepers;and Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view, illustrating a pair ofrerailers in disassembled position with respect to the rails.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, the

retailer apparatus consists essentially in a pair of replacers A and B,which are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in operative position at the outer andinner sides or thg rails C and Specification of Letters Eatent.

lia-tented June 8, 19115.

Application filed August 19, 1814. Se:ia1!o.857,555.

respectively. The purposes for which the replacers are placed onopposite sides of the rails will hereinafter become apparent as thedescription of the structural details of the two individual replac'ersprogresses.

' The replacer A is formed as a solid nietallic casting the body portionof which is shaped to produce a pair of parallel vertically disposedside walls 10 and 11, a bridge wall 12 which connects the side walls,and a hook portion, which extends laterally from the junction of thebridge wall 12 and side wall 13. and is adapted to embrace the treadportion or head 1-: of the rail A, in the manner best shown in Fig. 3.

In order to impart the necessary strength to the body portion of thereplacer, I have provided plurality of spaced, transversely extendingwebs or connecting walls 15, which are terminally united with the sidewalls 10 and ll.

It will be observed from the foregoing description and upon reference toFig. 5 ticularly, that, while the body portion of the replacer is ofhollow construction and is,

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consequently, light, so that it may be easily transported, it is, at thesame time, so designed as to he possessed of all strength necessary forthe withstanding of the strains and stresses to which the replacer issubjectecl upon the passing of rolling stock.

In order that the inner sidewall 11. of the body portion of the replacermay be properly seated upon the base of the rail, its lower edge isspaced above the transverse terminal edges of the connecting walls 15,as shown in Fig. 3 particularly. A plurality of longitudinally spacedlugs 16 are formed on the lower edge of the wall 11 and are adapted toseat upon the rail base for the purpose or" spacing the lower edge ofthe wall 11, above the spikes 17 employed in securing the rails to theties.

As a means for effecting the secure fasten.- ing or" the replacers toand the ties, I have provided the transverse terminal edges of the bodyportion of the replacer with pairs of depending studs or spurs 18, whichare sharpened and are adapted to be driven into the ties when thereplacer is positioned thereon. In connection with the spurs 18,

the manner best shown in Fig. 4.. This anchor hook 19 is provided Withtwo bills 21 and 22, which adapt the hook for engagement with eitherside of a tie, as will be readily understood. When one of the billmembers has been properly engaged with the vertical face of one of theties,the adjacent button 93 is all .ved to swing downwardly into normalposition, in which its terminal engages the inactive hill of the hook.It is to he observed that I have provided two buttons 23, which arelongitudinally spaced. The purpose in duplicating the buttons is toprovide for the anchor hook it holdingdevice when it (the hook) is ineither of its two positions. Vhcn it is desired to maintain the hook 19in inoperative position during the application or IOll'lOYtll of thei-eplacer, the. spring hook 34. is brought into "use. .This member 24 isinthe nature of a helical spring secured, as by a pin or stud 25, to thebody portion of the replacer and terminally bent to produce a hook 26.This hook 96 may be engaged with a pin 27 carried by the member 19, asshown in Fig. 4.

It has been. found in practice that the spurs 1S and anchoring hook 19are not sulli eient to properly hold the replacer against movcmenl onthe rail. For this reason l have provided the cam lever '23. which iscnp'ancahlc against the inner face of the rail C. This lever 28 isformed from a metal bar. the terminals ol',\\'liich are rounded, as at29. to produce emu heads aml apertnred, as at 30. The member N isproperly se cured to the lock b v. living inserted through a slot 31which is 'l'oruual in the vertical wall' 32 which latter member is inegral with and depends fioiii tlic wall .3. the walls l and 39providing! the hook portion previouslv rc- .t'erred to and to be heeinafter more l'ull v described. From the wall 3'! and at pointsimmediatelv a ove and l elow the slot 31 c.\'- tend a pair of apcrtnredcars fit and 35. through which apivot pin' l i i,-: projected. 'i'liispin f-li pus cs through the aperture 30. which is located-at the innerend of-the lev r 28, and serves to properly retain the lever inoperative 'osition. small chain 137 is employed in securing: the pin 36to the member 32.

ll. is now to he. observed that; each terminal ol' the lever 28 isprovided with a camhead and that. as a consequenem the level may beltVtl-tsttl end for end. so as to securely lock the. rephicer againstlongitudinal shitting on the rail against the impact of rolliire stockmoving -in llllllel (lll'ccllit)ll aloiiflthe track.

liel'ore taking up the detailed deseription of the construction of thewall 12 and hook portion of the rcplaeer A. T deem it. best to descri ebriefly the general construction of the replacer l3 and its fasteningmeans. The block B is, except as regards the details of construction ofits guiding walls and hook portion, substantially siinilar to thereplacer A, including as it does a body portion having the parallel sidewalls 38 and 39 connected by a longitudinally and transversely curvedbridge wall 40. The hook portion 41 is formed integrally with the bodyportion of the replacer at the junction of the bridge wall 40 and sidewall 39 and is adapted to embrace the tread of the rail in the samemanner as does the hook portion of the replaeer A. Spacing. lugs,indicated at 42, are provided for the side wall 39 for the same purposeheretofore ascribed to the lugs 16. Terminal spurs 43,

similar to the members 18 both in formation and function, are providedfor the member 10. As shown in Fig. 4, the vertical wall 38 of thereplacer B is provided with a pair of uttons 44. an anchoring hook 45,and a spring hook 46, all of which are similar in function and inconstruction to the memhers 19. 93 and 94 heretofore described inconnection with the rcplacer A. As in the replacer there depends fromthe lateral wall ll of the replacer B a side wall or plate 47 which isslotted longitudinally, as at 48, to receive the cam headed terminal ofthe lockiir; lever -19. Vertically spaced, apertured cars 50 are formedimmediately above and l-elow the slot lS- to receive the pin 51 by whichthe lever 49 is held in position.

The lever i is provided with only one cam" head. differing in thisrespect from the lever 28 of the replacei' A.

From the foregoing description, the gen eral construction of the tworeplacers A and it. and the detailed construction of the lock- Hlfl'devices employed in holding the replacers against longitudinal movementon the rails will be readily appreciated, and I will now. therefore,take up the description,

ot the wheel guiding walls and hook pors tions of the two replacers.

The bridge wall 12 of the block A is longitudinally curved. and isuniversally iii- .clincd throughout. its length downwardly n'the directon of the rail C. The upper face of the member 12 is stopped to producea wheel tread receiving path or surface 52 and a wheel flange receivingsurface 53. The vertical walls 54 and 55 which define the two paths orsurfaces and 53 are sub stantially V-shaped. as will be seen uponreference to either ,Figs', 1 or 2. The apex 56 of the'wall extendsacross the upper surface 33 of the wall 13 to a point in vertical alinenent, with theinner edge of the rail chair.- as will be seen uponreference to Fig. :2. The wall 54 is uniformly spaced throughout itslength from the wall 55, and it will. therefoie be apparent that. when aderailed wheel engages the terminalsof the wall 12, its flange willengage against the midway between the tongues, there bein groovesprovided between the said tongues and the said innermost Vertical Wall,said hook member being adapted to engage a rail With the lateral Wallthereof arranged laterally of the inner edge of the rail with the saidcam lever dis with the Web of the posed for engagement rail and with thesaid

